With thousands of distinct languages in the modern world, it would be impossible to be able to identify them all by simply looking at them in a text document. In cases where it is necessary to know what language a website, text document or file is written in, having a handy deciphering tool would be key. WhatLanguage does just that. Simply put, it's a language detection web service. WhatLanguage's API makes this functionality available to developers who may want to integrate it with other applications or create new applications.

Six APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Translation, Surveys, Engagement, Conversions, and Travel. Also recently added to the directory are SDKs for Applozic Chat and Messaging platform. Here's a rundown of the latest additions for developers.